But I must say, I suspect I will not like the self-spinning version nearly as much. To me if the card spins by itself that says that this is not a normal card. But a card you can flick and it changes, I can imagine a ton of routines that I can work that into, where the card will not be suspected.

BTW the mpg file I downloaded had two frames repeated right at the moment of the change. Was that a glitch in the file, or on my computer, or was it necessary to conceal the method?

Also, is there a link to your performance of the rising cards? I've always wanted to see that.

You are the second person to say there are 2 frames repeated. You had me go back and look at the footage again. I just cant see where it is. I assure you that it is not there to hide the method. It can be done live - no camera edits.

As for the self spin, I visioned that I apparently give a light flick of the wrist to create the illusion I give momentum to start the card spinning when of course this is not the case. I don't just simply keep my hand motionless and let the card spin by itself. That would be very suspicious. I am going down this route because after numerous flciks to to the edge of the card with my fingernail, the card gets dog eared and bent which is not good.

As for my named rising card, just go to www.risingcard.com and go to the second page to see the new video.

Looks great. I've an odd question for you, what was the items you tossed? I couldn't tell from looking at them nor could I understand the word you were saying, I think I am just not familiar with what it is.Steve V

The two toys I tossed over my shoulder in the rising card video are Morizo and Kiccoro which are the official mascot characters of EXPO 2005. The mascots names were chosen through a naming competition that attracted more than 80,000 entries.